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💡 In the 1940s, Cornell Professor Walter Pauk developed a new note-taking system to give college students a better way to organize, condense, and intake knowledge. It's proven as an incredibly effective learning tool. Here's how to use it in Notion.
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Divide your page into two columns.
The narrower left column is for recording keywords, questions, and recall prompts. The right column is for your actual notes taken during a lecture or class.
Recall
KEYWORD
RELEVANT QUESTION
Notes
Create a summary section at the bottom.
When you review your notes, briefly summarize what you learned and what is important to retain from the full page of notes. This will help you internalize the information.
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📌 SUMMARY: Create a callout box like this one in Notion by typing /callout. It's the perfect way to capture summaries that stand out.
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DRAMA
Recall
What is the definition of Drama?
The movie Forrest Gump is an example of a dramatic literature.
What are the 7 types of Drama?
Examples for each type:
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- As You Like It by William Shakespeare
- The Tempest
- Home Alone
- The Fault in Our Stars by Josh Boone
- Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar)
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Notes
- Written as a representation of dialogue and performance. Can be written in poetic or prosaic form.
- It is a composition in verse or prose presented through dialogue and performance (oftentimes, through stage action). It may be performed in theater (play), radio, or television.
Types
- Tragedy - treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.
Greeks started plays
- Comedy - a work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending. It is often deals with the serious topics addressed in a humorous way.
- Tragicomedy - literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms
- Farce - a type of comedy that makes use of highly exaggerated, absurd, and funny situations aimed at enteratining the ausience.
- Melodrama - a work with exaggerated, sensational events and characters which encourgaes emotional responses in the audience.
- Opera - a work in which the characters sing each line rather than speaking. The entire production is set to a musical score.
(ex. Marriage
- Musical - a work that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
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📌 SUMMARY: Drama is always performed. It has seven types. On-stage performances often has cues on script to help guide the actors.
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Here's your template!
@today automatically stamps your notes with today's date. Fill in the topic of the lecture or class. Then use the Cornell Notes structure below. Click the + New Notes button above to automatically generate a fresh set of notes in this format.
Date: October 5, 2019
Topic:
Recall
Notes
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📌 SUMMARY:
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